Flutter by, butterfly is the third in a series that makes up my Nature’s way blanket, and features a brightly coloured butterfly against a white background. It can be knitted as a square in a blanket, used as a wash cloth, or the chart can be extracted and used as a motif for jumpers and other items. When knitted in DK weight yarn, the finished square measures 10 inches (25 cm); the butterfly chart without the border is 43 sts by 61 rows. Both coloured and symbol charts are provided.

Tools: 4 mm (US 6) needles; tapestry needle; bobbins for colour work. For needles, size should be changed to match gauge (22 sts and 30 rows to 4 inches (10 cm)).

Materials: Any DK weight yarn in the following colours: White (or any other colour desired for background, 55 m/60 yds), Lilac (25 m/30 yds), Brown (15 m/15 yds), Green (10 m/10 yds), Yellow (10 m/10 yds).

The sample shown was knitted in Stylecraft Special DK in White (1010), Clematis (1390), Copper (1029), Meadow (1065) and Citron (1263).

Difficulty: Experienced (knit, purl, more intricate intarsia)

Pattern Style: Charted; both coloured and symbols